This past weekend I had the opportunity to participate in the inaugural writing retreat held at the brand new Broadkill Resort! My amazing publishers at Raw Dog Screaming Press recently purchased a beach house in Milton, Delaware, where I and a handful of other authors spent a few days work-shopping, writing, and brainstorming projects--along with … Continue reading Con Report: Broadkill Resort Writing Retreat
Updated Web Site!
I'd been letting some details languish, so thought I'd spend a few minutes today updating some of the sections of this blog! Chronology page: Updated some progress notes and added a story I'm brainstorming, the coda to book 2, STEEL MAGIC. Theme Songs page: Half the reason I'm writing a coda to STEEL MAGIC is … Continue reading Updated Web Site!
Infinity Dreams Award Tag
I was tagged a few weeks ago by Nicolette Elzie of A Little Bookish, A Little Writerly to participate in the Infinity Dreams Award Tag. I'm not really sure what the award part is, but basically I share some more about myself as a writer and person (because if all a person does is write, … Continue reading Infinity Dreams Award Tag
December Wrap-Up & January Goals
December was both a slow and hectic month for me. Slow in that I was out of commission with a nasty cold for the first 1/3 of the month and hectic because the holidays coincided with the deadline for the final draft of STEEL MAGIC. (But it was submitted on time! Go me!) December Wrap-Up: … Continue reading December Wrap-Up & January Goals
7/7/7 Challenge + Mention in Alumni Magazine!
Two small updates today, because my life has been consumed by preparations for the holidays and edits to book 2, STEEL MAGIC. I was tagged by my critique partner, Breeanna Pierce, to complete the 7/7/7 Challenge! She teased us with some details from her current WIP, another book in her YA urban fantasy series. The … Continue reading 7/7/7 Challenge + Mention in Alumni Magazine!
NaNoWriMo Follow-up: Part 1
Sorry for the silence for the past 2 weeks. I picked up a cold on the last day of November and it took me down hard. But I'm feeling much better now! Unfortunately, my days have been wrapped up with working on STEEL MAGIC edits, and my NaNoWriMo novel is still languishing at 70k words. … Continue reading NaNoWriMo Follow-up: Part 1
November Wrap-Up & December Goals
November Wrap-Up: Participate in NaNoWriMo (successfully): Done! I wrote 50,000 words in 30 days over the month of November, bringing my word count for book 3 to 70,014 words. December Goals: Incorporate my editor's notes and complete the full line edit of STEEL MAGIC before deadline on 12/31/2015. Start working on a series bible for … Continue reading November Wrap-Up & December Goals
NaNoWriMo Update: WINNER!
NaNoWriMo for 2015 is finally done, with a few hours to spare. This is my second year "winning" in a row, and just like last year, I definitely still have a lot of work to do. This time, it's writing about 8 more scenes (including the epic dragon battle while a city burns) and going … Continue reading NaNoWriMo Update: WINNER!
NaNoWriMo Update: Week 2
I'm still plugging along, kids! Sort of. This update was supposed to go up on Monday, but I burned one of my free days and drank beer and caught up on the DVR instead. No regrets! As of last night, I'm at 29,086 words (49,086 for the STEEL BLOOD total). As a reminder, you can … Continue reading NaNoWriMo Update: Week 2
STEEL VICTORY sequel coming in 2016!
And now for the good news that I teased yesterday! I'm thrilled to announce that I've signed the contract with my publisher, Dog Star Books/Raw Dog Screaming Press, for the sequel to STEEL VICTORY. STEEL MAGIC will be released in 2016, and follows the adventures of warrior-mages Toria and Kane as they set off on … Continue reading STEEL VICTORY sequel coming in 2016!
NaNoWriMo Update: Week 1
I am on a roll with NaNoWriMo this year! Tonight I hit 16,000 words (36,000 total for the manuscript), and I've been consistently writing every day. The only exception has been 11/7, because that's my husband's birthday--instead, we had a great day watching the new James Bond movie and eating delicious Brasilian pizza. If you're … Continue reading NaNoWriMo Update: Week 1
October Wrap-Up & November Goals
October Wrap-Up: I made it to 20,000 words in STEEL BLOOD by October 31. So I will definitely have at least 5k to 10k words to complete in December, but I am okay with that. I finished all of the Kitty the Werewolf books and wrote up my review of the final novel in the … Continue reading October Wrap-Up & November Goals
SF Signal hosts my blog post about vampires in popular fiction!
I took a film genre course in college, and wrote an entire research paper on the evolution of vampires in film. No knowledge is ever wasted, so with a little more work, I was able to write a (much shorter) essay on the evolution of vampires in popular fiction. SF Signal was lovely enough to … Continue reading SF Signal hosts my blog post about vampires in popular fiction!
STEEL BLOOD: My 2015 NaNoWriMo Novel
It’s that time of year again, kids. That time when a significant number of the writers in your life hibernate with their computers for hours on end, alternately spamming social media with words counts or angsting about how this is impossible and they will never get it done. For more information about National Novel Writing … Continue reading STEEL BLOOD: My 2015 NaNoWriMo Novel
DogCon IV this weekend in Philadelphia!
I am so excited to be attending DogCon IV this weekend, the annual convention hosted by my phenomenal publishing company, Raw Dog Screaming Press. This will be the third DogCon I've attended, and both previous events have been a blast. With the fantastic line-up of activities planned for this weekend, this DogCon will be right up … Continue reading DogCon IV this weekend in Philadelphia!
Confessions of a Writer Tag
I was tagged by Breeanna Pierce, my amazing critique partner, to complete a 20-question survey designed to get to know authors in the blog-o-sphere. For the original post on the tag and the participation guidelines, go here. When did you first start writing? Was being a writer something you always aspired to be? I started writing … Continue reading Confessions of a Writer Tag
Interview with Rachell Nichole
BELLE BY NIGHT, the latest novel by erotica writer Rachell Nichole came out yesterday! I am faced with the daunting task of writing my first sex scene in STEEL BLOOD, so I invited her here to pick the expert's brain a bit. First of all, tell us a bit about what inspired BELLE BY NIGHT! Well, … Continue reading Interview with Rachell Nichole
September Wrap-Up & October Goals
September Wrap-Up: Reach 20,000 words in book 3, STEEL BLOOD. Progress: Better than August! After a few rounds of scene edits with my criqiue partners in which some narrative vomit was thankfully cut, I ended up with approximately 9,000 words written for the month, and I'm hanging out at about 14,000 words right now. Goal: Finish … Continue reading September Wrap-Up & October Goals
The Waters of Mars
Things that NASA did not announce today: The discovery of sentient alien life. The development of a working faster-than-light engine. That we've been using a Stargate in Colorado Springs to explore the universe since the mid-1990s. What they did announce was just as cool: the confirmation that liquid water flows on present-day Mars. It's briny … Continue reading The Waters of Mars
New York City: The Final Frontier?
My husband and I took a short trip up to New York City this past weekend. We met two guys from Israel on a cruise last year, and the amazing power of social media allowed us to keep in touch! When both of them were back on our side of the globe, we couldn't pass … Continue reading New York City: The Final Frontier?